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And why Einstein’s quest for unification was doomed from the start. If you wanted to answer the question of what’s truly fundamental in this Universe, you’d need to investigate matter and […]
TV’s shared cultural “now” moments embody the intersection of time and tech.
The virtual reality that’s coming is like nothing we’ve ever experienced. Now’s the time to decide what it’s good for.
The Sun will eventually become a red giant star, swallowing Mercury and Venus in the process. But what will happen to Earth? There are a few existential questions we can ask […]
There’s a reason you’re not motivated when you smoke weed: it ruins your episodic memory.
Protected animals are feared to be headed for the black market.
If you look everywhere between the numbers 1 and 2, you’ll never find 3. Let’s say you have an idea about how our physical reality might be different from how we […]
If your Universe contains any matter at all, a constant Hubble parameter is absolutely impossible. Our observable Universe is an enormous place, with some two trillion galaxies strewn across the […]
Trees may avoid touching each other in the forest canopy creating giant, backlit jigsaw puzzles from a light-sharing phenomenon called ‘crown shyness’.
Maybe the only chance they have to tell their story before they’re gone.
Innovation and adaptability are the lifeblood of any successful business or organization. However, two of the greatest challenges faced by many development professionals are:
General Relativity has nothing to do with light or electromagnetism at all. So how to gravitational waves know to travel at the speed of light? There are two fundamental classes of […]
The Canadian professor calls for personal responsibility over legislation.
Find out the multiple ways we classify and ascertain what constitutes intelligence.
Substance dependence also applies to food addiction, says a University of Michigan study.
Some claim that inflation isn’t science, but it sure has made some incredibly successful scientific predictions. So, you want to know how the Universe began? You’re not alone. Every other […]
If your vision is clear, everything is revelatory. The author of “My Struggle” on writing his way into life.
In any successful workplace, it is important to have employees and leaders who have the “people skills” that help them make better decisions and learn successfully from others. It is […]
The highest-energy particles on Earth reach enormous energies, but it’s nothing compared to what the Universe can achieve. Deep underground in Europe, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator lives in a […]
The stories we wrap around ourselves, our neighbors. our children. The invisible stories we struggle against.
It’s one thing to find a galaxy that “shouldn’t exist.” It’s quite another to learn why it does. Above a certain size, spiral galaxies shouldn’t exist. A single major merger — where two […]
Wild boars in the sewers of London. Augmented humans of the future. Jason’s high school friend, celebrated children’s author Jacob Sager Weinstein, on imaginary histories and possible futures.
We’ve known for 2,000 years that the Earth is round. Here are three observable proofs that can instantly debunk flat-Earth theory.
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New evidence emerges that microplastics eaten by marine animals may be traveling up the food chain to our plates.
While the unchecked ego might be popular at parties, it can get us into all kinds of trouble. Mark Epstein, MD combines psychotherapy and Buddhism to help people live with the self.
Superposition, entanglement, qubits, and Google’s big announcement.
Bernie speaks again about what democratic socialism means, and raises a debate about what freedom is.
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